Earth, Water, Air, and Fire

From Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program

“Earth, water, air, and fire have inspired artistic works since ancient times. A creative relationship with these four elements can deepen our understanding of life itself." With this idea in mind, MAEP's Artist Panel invited all Minnesota artist to submit work in one of four categories: earth, water, air, or fire. Nearly 300 artists responded with entries, from which 63 artists were chosen to participate in four distinct exhibitions. Each of the exhibit presented diverse speculations about the natural world through a wide range of media, including paintings, drawings, photographs, computer-generated images, ceramic sculptures, mixed-media constructions, cast bronzes, site-specific installations, textiles, performance art, films, and videos.